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Preview: ‘The Tower Chronicles’
The producer of 300 and The Dark Knight, Thomas Tull, The Tower Chronicles is a collective title from Legendary Entertainment that is made up of three separate books, making up a trilogy. The first of which will be written by Matt Wagner. Recently announced at San Diego Comic Con, the publisher revealed that a second title, “Shadow Walk”, will be co-written by Mark Waid and Max Brooks (writer of World War Z), taking place in the same universe. Unfortunately, you have to wait until 2013 for that one. Below you can check out a lengthy preview of “The Tower Chronicles” which is due out in September.
WRITTEN BY: Thomas Tull and Matt Wagner
ART BY: Simon Bisley and Rodney Ramos
PUBLISHER: Legendary Entertainment
RELEASE: September
Featuring a lead character created by Legendary Chairman and CEO Thomas Tull, Executive Producer of 300 & The Dark Knight, and developed by Tull and Matt Wagner (Grendel, Mage), THE TOWER CHRONICLES creates a new mythology on familiar worlds through a unique take on the bounty hunter storyline. The collective title of a series comprising three books to be released in multiple volumes, the all-new IP sets the standard for future releases from Legendary. The trilogy explores the history and contemporary adventures of John Tower, a supernatural bounty hunter with a grim and secretive past that haunts his every action. Written by Wagner and featuring stunning art by acclaimed 2000 AD & Lobo artist Simon Bisley, THE TOWER CHRONICLES will set a new standard in supernatural action/adventure. Additionally, each cover of the series will be drawn by a world-renowned creator, beginning with the first cover which was done by Jim Lee.
The ashcan will be officially unveiled during Comic-Con International 2012 Preview Night at the Legendary Entertainment booth when it is displayed for the first time on a large screen LG Electronics HD TV. In the ashcan, we get our first glimpse of John Tower on the job hunting down a mysterious creature.
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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